PT-2008-5986 · Libgadu · Libgadu

Tomas Hoger · Published 2008-10-28 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4776

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libgadu versions prior to 1.8.2

Description The issue allows remote servers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a contact description with a large length. This triggers a buffer over-read.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.2, update to version 1.8.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4776

DSA-1664-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10940-1

Affected Products

Libgadu

References · 11

• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4776 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4776 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4776 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830 · Note
• http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31951 · Note